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Bluetti Elite 10 mini $113 on Amazon — 43% off 128Wh portable power station

Kotaku reports Amazon is selling the Bluetti Elite 10 mini portable power station at a 43% discount today, lowering the price to $113 for both the grey and meadow green versions. The outlet notes the offer is available for a limited time. The unit is palm-sized and easy to carry,

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Google's $7.99 AI Plus plan expands to US and 34 other countries

On Tuesday, Google expanded its AI Plus subscription to the US and 34 other countries, the ZDNET article reports. AI Plus is priced at $7.99 a month with 50% off the first two months and is positioned as a cheaper alternative to the $19.99-a-month AI Pro plan and

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Arc Raiders hit by extensive, coordinated DDoS attacks as Embark works on hotfix

Embark says Arc Raiders has been struck by "extensive, coordinated DDoS attacks" that have affected server stability, coming a day after the Headwinds update launched, one of the studio's community managers, Ossen, posted on the official Discord. Ossen wrote that "Both Arc Raiders and The

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Sony HT-S400 soundbar with wireless subwoofer is $228 at Amazon — $72 off

Sony’s HT-S400 2.1ch soundbar bundle, including a wireless subwoofer, is currently $228 on Amazon — a 24% discount from its usual $300 price and a $72 savings. The deal is the lowest price seen in the last 30 days, and stock is already running low. The soundbar and subwoofer

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ACEMAGIC Ryzen 7 mini PC (32GB/1TB) falls to $519 on Amazon

Amazon is discounting the ACEMAGIC Mini PC, and the higher-end model with an AMD Ryzen 7 H 255 processor, 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD is down to $519 — its lowest price yet. ACEMAGIC offers multiple configurations: an entry-level version with 16GB RAM, a 512GB SSD and an AMD

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Nintendo bringing Virtual Boy games to Switch Online on Feb. 17

Nintendo announced that Virtual Boy games will arrive on Nintendo Switch Online starting Feb. 17, with titles such as Galactic Pinball and Virtual Boy Wario Land available at launch. The initial library launching on Feb. 17 will include Galactic Pinball, Teleroboxer, RED ALARM, Virtual Boy Wario Land, 3-D Tetris, Golf

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Razer launches Synapse Web beta for Chromium — supports only three Huntsman keyboards

Razer has launched Synapse Web, a browser-based peripheral management app for Chromium-based browsers, but it’s currently in beta and limited in scope. At launch the web app supports only three keyboards: the Razer Huntsman V3 Pro, Razer Huntsman V3 Pro Mini, and Razer Huntsman V3 Pro 8 kHz. A

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Android 16’s Advanced Protection switch locks sideloading and boosts device security

Advanced Protection in Android 16 is an opt‑in security toggle that combines multiple settings across six categories into one switch. It is off by default and, when enabled, locks certain features so they can’t be disabled individually. According to Google, on the apps side it enables Google Play

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Innocn 45-inch ultrawide 1440p monitor drops to lowest-ever price

An Innocn 45-inch ultrawide curved monitor with a 1440p 32:9 panel has dropped to its lowest-ever price, PC Gamer reports. The monitor offers a 1440p resolution in a 32:9 aspect ratio, a 1 ms response time, a 120 Hz refresh rate and a 1500R curve. PC Gamer also

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Roku drops Streaming Stick HD 2025 to $25 on Amazon — 17% off

Roku’s Streaming Stick HD 2025 is selling on Amazon for $25, a $5 discount from its usual $30 price — about 17% off. The Streaming Stick HD 2025 is a compact, wireless device that plugs directly into an HDTV’s HDMI input. It’s designed thin so it won’t

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Google warns WinRAR bug CVE-2025-8088 is in 'widespread' use by gov-backed actors

Google says a well-known, already-patched WinRAR vulnerability (CVE-2025-8088) is in "widespread, active" use by government-backed threat actors linked to Russia and China, the company warned. The exploit was identified in July last year and posted to the National Vulnerability Database in August. Google and other bodies have noted

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Best home battery and backup systems of 2026 — Tesla Powerwall 3 top pick

ZDNET's 2026 roundup names the Tesla Powerwall 3 its top pick for whole-home battery backup, citing a 13.5 kWh capacity, 11.5 kW continuous output and a 10-year warranty as key reasons for the selection. The article also highlights alternatives for different needs: EcoFlow's Delta

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Arc Raiders snap hook lets players 'fly' across map in new movement trick

Streamer The Burnt Peanut shared a clip showing a new use of Arc Raiders' snap hook that lets players glide across the map toward the Spaceport Tower. In the clip he hooks onto a friend who sprints toward the Spaceport Tower, then downs himself with a grenade while another

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Best sports watches of 2026: Garmin Fenix 8 Pro tops expert-tested list

After testing and living with more than 20 sports watches over the past year, the reviewer picked the Garmin Fenix 8 Pro as the best sports watch available today, according to the roundup. The review was updated in January with additional personal testing notes. The Garmin Fenix 8 Pro is

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Anker Prime Power Bank (26,250mAh, 300W) drops to $171 on Amazon

Anker’s Prime Power Bank, a 26,250mAh portable charger with a 300W max output and three ports, is on Amazon today for $171, down from its original $230 price — a $59 (26%) discount. The compact Phantom Gray unit is compatible with laptops, tablets and phones and can deliver up

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Nvidia signs Intel Foundry to make parts of its Feynman AI chips, report says

According to Digitimes, citing supply-chain sources, Nvidia has signed with Intel Foundry to manufacture some parts of its forthcoming Feynman AI chips. Intel has struggled to attract foundry customers, with many preferring TSMC, and the company has been cautious about ramping up its 14A process. On an earnings call last

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8Bitdo dongle lets you use DualSense and other modern pads on a real PS1

GamesRadar+ hardware editor Phil Hayton reports that the 8Bitdo Bluetooth Retro Receiver for PS1 lets you use a DualSense — and other modern controllers — wirelessly with an original PS1 console. Hayton notes the dongle isn’t limited to Sony’s latest pad: it also supports the DualShock 4 and even Xbox

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Microsoft routed example.com traffic to Sumitomo Electric subdomains

Microsoft’s network was routing traffic destined for example.com — a domain reserved for testing — to a maker of electronics cables in Japan, the report says; the behavior was observed on Friday and had stopped by Monday morning, according to the article. Under RFC2606, example.com is reserved for documentation

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UK tribunal allows £656m class action against Valve over Steam pricing

The Competition Appeal Tribunal filed a ruling on January 26 allowing a collective action claim against Valve to proceed in the UK, permitting lawyer Vicki Shotbolt to sue on behalf of about 14 million British Steam users. The action, first filed in 2024, alleges overcharging and anti-competitive practices, the BBC

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Amazon to Cut 16,000 Corporate Jobs as It Prioritizes A.I. Investment

Amazon said on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, that it would lay off 16,000 more corporate employees as it looked to trim bureaucracy and free up money for plans to spend heavily on artificial intelligence. The cuts were widely expected across Amazon’s corporate work force since late October, when

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Apple M4 Mac Mini restocks at all-time low on Amazon — now $499

Kotaku reports Apple’s M4 Mac Mini has restocked at an all‑time low on Amazon, listed for $499 down from its usual $599 — a $100, or roughly 17% discount. The compact desktop houses a 10‑core CPU, 10‑core GPU and a 16‑core Neural Engine inside an approximately

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Highguard’s 3v3 format punishes new players and struggles on big maps, reviewer says

Highguard is out now, and after roughly six hours of play a Kotaku writer says the new free-to-play FPS’s 3v3 format is a problem. Matches put two teams of three through a setup phase where they build defenses, then send players into large maps to loot and race to

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OpenAI details agent loop and prompt structure for its open‑source coding CLI

OpenAI published technical details, in a post by Bolin, about how its AI coding agent orchestrates work and how the Codex-based CLI builds its initial prompt for the Responses API, and the company open-sources that coding CLI on GitHub while not doing the same for ChatGPT or the Claude web

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Online SAT questions have appeared on websites and social media, raising security concerns

Tutors and testing experts say copies of recently administered digital SAT questions have been posted on social media and on websites apparently based in China, raising concerns about the security of the College Board’s online exam, according to The New York Times report published Jan. 28, 2026. One site,

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Scam emails sent from legitimate Power BI address no-reply-powerbi@microsoft.com

A legitimate Microsoft email address, no-reply-powerbi@microsoft.com — which Microsoft says customers should add to their allow list — is being used to deliver scam spam, Ars Technica reports. An Ars reader said she received such an email on Tuesday. The address is tied to Power BI, Microsoft’s analytics and